Five PA coal-fueled power plants to close due to Obama administration regulation

[bripat9643]

Five PA coal-fueled power plants to close due to Obama administration regulation « Hot Air

We get on President Obama’s case for neglecting to keep his campaign promises, so it’s only fair to note when he fulfills them. In January 2008, Obama promised to bankrupt coal-fired power plants with his new environmental regulations. Consider this a promise kept:

GenOn Energy Inc. plans to close five of its older coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania over the next four years.

The company, based in Houston, said Wednesday that tough new environmental rules make it unprofitable to operate the plants, which generate a total of 3,140 megawatts of electricity. The plants are in Portland, Shawville, Titus, New Castle and Elrama. Two plants in Ohio and one in New Jersey will also be closed. The company said the timeframes are subject to further review based on market conditions.

 

[Chris]

Thank God for the EPA.

Mercury poisoning is a serious business.

 

[bripat9643]

Thank God for the EPA.

Mercury poisoning is a serious business.

Show us evidence of a single person poisoned by Mercury from a coal fired power plant.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Five PA coal-fueled power plants to close due to Obama administration regulation « Hot Air

We get on President Obama’s case for neglecting to keep his campaign promises, so it’s only fair to note when he fulfills them. In January 2008, Obama promised to bankrupt coal-fired power plants with his new environmental regulations. Consider this a promise kept:

GenOn Energy Inc. plans to close five of its older coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania over the next four years.

The company, based in Houston, said Wednesday that tough new environmental rules make it unprofitable to operate the plants, which generate a total of 3,140 megawatts of electricity. The plants are in Portland, Shawville, Titus, New Castle and Elrama. Two plants in Ohio and one in New Jersey will also be closed. The company said the timeframes are subject to further review based on market conditions.

There are less then 600 coal fired plants in the Country and the EPA with the OBAMA regulations will force over 100 to close in the next 2 years. Obama though asked the EPA to wait till after the election to enforce the rules, wonder why?

 

[driveby]

Thank God for the EPA.

Mercury poisoning is a serious business.

Except when liberals force faggoty curly lightbulbs down our throats of course...........

 

[starcraftzzz]

Show us evidence of a single person poisoned by Mercury from a coal fired power plant.

Evidence Mounts to Back EPA Mercury Rules, With Annual Benefits of $50 to $130 billion | ThinkProgress
^EPA mercury reducing regulations save 50-130billion yearly
Every year 17,000 less people will die due to the eliminating of mercury
Britpat plz dont post again until you have a clue IE never

 

[CaughtInTheMid]

wasn't there already a thread on this?

 

[skookerasbil]

Thank God for the EPA.

Mercury poisoning is a serious business.

You mean the EPA thats going to get mothballed after next January??


If the air was 99.9999999% pure, this environmental nutter Chris and all the other radical tree huggers in here would still be having a daily nervous breakdown. If these k00ks had their way, they'd shut down coal tomorrow and put 2 million people out of a job and not think twice.


k00ks suck

 

[Mr Natural]

Good!

Who in their right mind wants that shit funking up our air.

 

[Wry Catcher]

wasn't there already a thread on this?

Yep. And the explanation was clear, the plants were obsolete. The author of this thread is a fool who actually believes (notice I did not suggest thinks) he can troll with immunity.

 

[bripat9643]

Show us evidence of a single person poisoned by Mercury from a coal fired power plant.

Evidence Mounts to Back EPA Mercury Rules, With Annual Benefits of $50 to $130 billion | ThinkProgress
^EPA mercury reducing regulations save 50-130billion yearly
Every year 17,000 less people will die due to the eliminating of mercury
Britpat plz dont post again until you have a clue IE never

Extrapolations from illness caused by massive doses of Mercury is not evidence of anything other than the ability of EPA propagandists to make things up.

No doctor in this country has ever signed a death certificate that said "mercury poisoning" as the cause of death.

Now where's the proof, asshole?

Also, unless you don't mind the rest of the forum laughing at you, don't waste your time quote "thinkprogress.org."

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wzNUZVv0A0&feature=youtube_gdata_player]Obama to Bankrupt Coal Industry and Raise Energy Prices - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bripat9643]

Thank God for the EPA.

Mercury poisoning is a serious business.

You mean the EPA thats going to get mothballed after next January??


If the air was 99.9999999% pure, this environmental nutter Chris and all the other radical tree huggers in here would still be having a daily nervous breakdown. If these k00ks had their way, they'd shut down coal tomorrow and put 2 million people out of a job and not think twice.


k00ks suck

Yep. And after that the EPA will insist that we'll all die horrible deaths of the air isn't made 99.999999999999999999999999999999% pure.

 

[bripat9643]

Good!

Who in their right mind wants that shit funking up our air.

Who in their right mind wants to freeze in the dark while their food rots in their refrigerator?

Numbskulls like you behave as if there is no downside to making power plants absolutely 100% clean.

 

[Old Rocks]

Poor, poor Pattycake. But he will just have to get used to the idea that a majority of Americans really like the idea of clean unpolluted air and water.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Obama is just keeping his promise to the radicals to bankrupt the coal industry.

 

[Old Rocks]

In less than a generation, the coal industry will be dead, with or without anything that President Obama does.

 

[bripat9643]

wasn't there already a thread on this?

Yep. And the explanation was clear, the plants were obsolete. The author of this thread is a fool who actually believes (notice I did not suggest thinks) he can troll with immunity.

That's not an"explanation," you lying fucking idiot, it's simply EPA propaganda. The plants were "obsolete" only because the EPA regulations forced them into obsolescence. Morons like you couldn't find your asshole with a flashlight, let alone determine whether a power plant is "obsolete." That's a concept beyond your pay grade.

 

[bripat9643]

In less than a generation, the coal industry will be dead, with or without anything that President Obama does.

The coal industry will be here 100 years from now and only nitwits like you will be dead.

 

[bripat9643]

Poor, poor Pattycake. But he will just have to get used to the idea that a majority of Americans really like the idea of clean unpolluted air and water.

They also like the idea of cheap electric power that works, not the kind that costs 5 times as much and only comes on when the sun is out or it's windy. When they are freezing in the dark and see their food rotting in their refrigerators, how thrilled are they going to be with "green energy?" The fact is, they already laugh when people mention the idea.